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Front-End Engineering
Component-driven interfaces with Angular, React and Next.js. Pixel-honest implementations of design systems, motion, and complex state.
— INTRODUCTION
Hey, I'm Joel Cudmore — a full-stack engineer building fast, considered websites & apps for founders, studios, and stubborn ideas.
— STATUS
BOOKING Q3 — Q4 2026
Two retainers / four sprint slots open.
Component-driven interfaces with Angular, React and Next.js. Pixel-honest implementations of design systems, motion, and complex state.
End-to-end product work — APIs, CMS, deploy. Payload CMS, WordPress headless, Node services and Postgres pipelines, shipped to Vercel / Kinsta / Coolify / AWS.
Cross-platform apps with Ionic + Capacitor and React Native. One codebase for iOS, Android and web — native-feeling UX, offline-first data, and a smooth path to launch.
I started building for the web in 2000 and have spent the last 2 decades quietly making things that load fast, behave well, and survive a redesign. I lead engineering inside agencies, work directly with founders on greenfield product, and freelance under Odd Pixel.
My approach: small teams, short loops, real prototypes early. I care about typography, accessibility, the weight of a click, and the bill at the end of the month. I write code the next person can read.